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| Come to the Stable | 
 enlarge | Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: Video
Buy Used: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 765
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 94 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 4.5
ISBN: 6303364705
UPC: 086162856334
EAN: 9786303364704
ASIN: 6303364705
Theatrical Release Date: September 1949
Release Date: March 15, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: nice used copy,,from private collection,,hl
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AS WE AWAIT NOW THE NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDRESS OF REGINA LAUDIS, THIS FREELY FICTIONALIZED VERSION MAY INTEREST SOME May 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In these very days Ignatius Press is publishing a new biography of Very Reverend Mother Benedict Duss, OSB, the foundress of Regina Laudis Abbey in rural Bethlehem Connecticut, who after the liberation of World War II traveled from the Benedictine Abbey in Jouarre, France to New York and New England, where she did receive welcome reception by artist Lauren Ford of Sheepfold, as mentioned in another review here which relates the true story much more accurately than this fictionalized and romanticized film which was always more of an embarrassment to the real community than a help or a chronicle.
She and the embryonic Benedictine foundation then received a generous donation of land and buildings from industrialist Robert Leather, including a former brass factory and a rather small residence soon converted into monastic cells and chapel which now serves as the men's guest house, as the factory building was converted into the main monastic residence and chapel. Now with their growth into an Abbey, new buildings and centers are developed including the magnificent new Abbatial Church and choir.
As mentioned in the other review, this film, which would be welcome as curiosity in dvd format, was scripted by Claire Boothe Luce, wife of the Time magazine publisher and ambassadress to Rome after her conversion to Catholicism. Her personal ambience and concerns and spirituality and rather quaint and stereotypical perception of life in religious community are herein reflected; yet some true incidents do come through, such as the discarding of a parking ticket in Manhattan by Mother Mary Aline under the understanding it was merely advertising posted under their borrowed windshield wiper, which is said to have been based on true life.
This movie nevertheless serves as a mere shadow puppet playing of the profound reality, which we eagerly await to read through the well-known Ignatius Press and the talented writer (also authoress of the moral theological text Choosing Mercy) who compiled her comprehensive and true biography after close interviews with the Foundress in her final years.
Where's the DVD...? December 23, 2006
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a fine film, one that I would put on every Christmas if only it was available. The dearth of pure garbage currently on DVD has me totally baffled that someone hasn't found a way to get this to the general public (and make some money!). It's a 20th-Century Fox release, for God's sake. Anyway, it was nominated for 7 Oscars in 1949, including Clare Booth Luce's witty screenplay, Young as Best Actress, both Elsa Lanchester & Celeste Holm as Supp Actress, Art Direction, Cinematography and Best Song (Through a Long & Sleepless Night). It was directed by Henry Koster (The Bishop's Wife) and is quite simply one of the most entertaining films I've seen. According to previous reviewers, it's also on their lists. Loretta Young's career spanned over 7 decades, yet she only received 2 Oscar nominations (winning for '47's "The Farmer's Daughter"). Her success on TV only sealed her place as an icon in the performing world. What's so hard to understand about a waiting public, wanting quality? A good DVD of this film could solidify its place among the classic films. I'm still waiting...
VHS Movie "Come to the Stable" August 5, 2006
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Great movie, Great service, Many thanks to all involved. Received in good condition and good time. Many thanks Patricia Ryan
 Charming movie that deserves to be on DVD May 9, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Come to the Stable is a charming movie that deserves to be on DVD. There is fine acting all around and Hollywood can relearn on how to depict religion in a positive light and tone from movies from the late 1940's.
One of my favorite movie lines comes from this movie. Robert Mason and friends (the Yuppies of the 1940's) are having drinks at his "country house" in Connecticut and "Bob" is fretting about the nuns when one of the guests says something along the lines "Oh come on Bob, don't let a bunch of nuns get you down"
I consider Come to the Stable to be a Christmas movie and try to watch it during the Holiday Season.
A simple story about the POWER of faith January 30, 2006
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
No complicated story line: two nuns come to America , from France, to "answer a call". They come with nothing except belief in this "call". They have no plan and no money but...mysterious things begin to happen and 'the call" starts to take shape.
Good old fashioned family entertainment. Teaches the VALUE of faith and hard work. God doesn't just give these nuns what they ask for they must work for it and THEN HE gives MORE than they ask.
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